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Characterization and molecular differentiation of 16SrI-E and 16SrIX-E phytoplasmas associated with blueberry stunt disease in New Jersey.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Apr 2013
Bagadia P G, Polashock J, Bottner-Parker K D, Zhao Y, Davis R E, Lee I-M
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A nested PCR assay was employed to detect the presence of phytoplasmas in 127 blueberry plants exhibiting typical or a portion of blueberry stunt (BBS) syndrome collected in 2010 and 2011, from 11 commercial farms predominantly located in two counties in New Jersey, USA. Ninety plants exhibiting typical stunt syndrome tested positive for phytoplasma infection. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)...
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